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Supported Character Sets

Introduction to character sets

The supported character sets are listed in three tables that represent broad languages groups:

Some character sets are listed in more than one group because they provide multilingual support.

All supported character sets are strict super sets of ASCII.

Abbreviations used in the comments

The following symbols are used in the Comments column of the tables:

EURO

Supports the Euro currency symbol

MB

Multi-byte encoding

SB

Single-byte encoding

UDC

Supports user-defined characters

Asian language character sets

The following table identifies the available character sets that support Asian languages.

Character Set Value

Description

Comments

BN8BSCII

Bangladesh National Code 8-bit ASCII

SB

ZHT16BIG5

BIG5 16-bit Traditional Chinese

MB

ZHS16CGB231280

CGB2312-80 16-bit Simplified Chinese

MB

JA16EUC

EUC 24-bit Japanese

MB

ZHT32EUC

EUC 32-bit Traditional Chinese

MB

ZHS16GBK

GBK 16-bit Simplified Chinese

MB, UDC

ZHT16CCDC

HP CCDC 16-bit Traditional Chinese

MB

KO16KSC5601

KSC5601 16-bit Korean

MB

KO16KSCCS

KSCCS 16-bit Korean

MB

JA16VMS

JVMS 16-bit Japanese

MB

TH8MACTHAIS

Mac Server 8-bit Latin/Thai

SB

ZHT16MSWIN950

MS Windows Code Page 950 Traditional Chinese

MB, UDC

KO16MSWIN949

MS Windows Code Page 949 Korean

MB, UDC

VN8MSWIN1258

MS Windows Code Page 1258 8-bit Vietnamese

SB, EURO

IN8ISCII

Multiple-Script Indian Standard 8-bit Latin/Indian Languages

SB

JA16SJIS

Shift-JIS 16-bit Japanese

MB, UDC

ZHT32SOPS

SOPS 32-bit Traditional Chinese

MB

ZHT16DBT

Taiwan Taxation 16-bit Traditional Chinese

MB

TH8TISASCII

Thai Industrial Standard 620-2533 - ASCII 8-bit

SB, EURO

ZHT32TRIS

TRIS 32-bit Traditional Chinese

MB

UTF8

Unicode 3.0 UTF-8 Universal character set

MB, EURO

VN8VN3

VN3 8-bit Vietnamese

SB

Character Set Value	Description	Comments
`BN8BSCII`	Bangladesh National Code 8-bit ASCII	SB
`ZHT16BIG5`	BIG5 16-bit Traditional Chinese	MB
`ZHS16CGB231280`	CGB2312-80 16-bit Simplified Chinese	MB
`JA16EUC`	EUC 24-bit Japanese	MB
`ZHT32EUC`	EUC 32-bit Traditional Chinese	MB
`ZHS16GBK`	GBK 16-bit Simplified Chinese	MB, UDC
`ZHT16CCDC`	HP CCDC 16-bit Traditional Chinese	MB
`KO16KSC5601`	KSC5601 16-bit Korean	MB
`KO16KSCCS`	KSCCS 16-bit Korean	MB
`JA16VMS`	JVMS 16-bit Japanese	MB
`TH8MACTHAIS`	Mac Server 8-bit Latin/Thai	SB
`ZHT16MSWIN950`	MS Windows Code Page 950 Traditional Chinese	MB, UDC
`KO16MSWIN949`	MS Windows Code Page 949 Korean	MB, UDC
`VN8MSWIN1258`	MS Windows Code Page 1258 8-bit Vietnamese	SB, EURO
`IN8ISCII`	Multiple-Script Indian Standard 8-bit Latin/Indian Languages	SB
`JA16SJIS`	Shift-JIS 16-bit Japanese	MB, UDC
`ZHT32SOPS`	SOPS 32-bit Traditional Chinese	MB
`ZHT16DBT`	Taiwan Taxation 16-bit Traditional Chinese	MB
`TH8TISASCII`	Thai Industrial Standard 620-2533 - ASCII 8-bit	SB, EURO
`ZHT32TRIS`	TRIS 32-bit Traditional Chinese	MB
`UTF8`	Unicode 3.0 UTF-8 Universal character set	MB, EURO
`VN8VN3`	VN3 8-bit Vietnamese	SB

European language character sets

The following table identifies the available character sets that support European languages.

Character Set Value

Description

Comments

US7ASCII

ASCII 7-bit American

SB

RU8BESTA

BESTA 8-bit Latin/Cyrillic

SB

TR8DEC

DEC 8-bit Turkish

SB

TR8PC857

IBM-PC Code Page 857 8-bit Turkish

SB

TR8MACTURKISHS

MAC Server 8-bit Turkish

SB

TR8MSWIN1254

MS Windows Code Page 1254 8-bit Turkish

SB, EURO

WE8DEC

DEC 8-bit West European

SB

WE8DG

DG 8-bit West European

SB

LA8PASSPORT

German Government Printer 8-bit All-European Latin

SB

WE8ROMAN8

HP Roman8 8-bit West European

SB

HU8CWI2

Hungarian 8-bit CWI-2

SB

HU8ABMOD

Hungarian 8-bit Special AB Mod

SB

LV8RST104090

IBM-PC Alternative Code Page 8-bit Latvian (Latin/Cyrillic)

SB

US8PC437

IBM-PC Code Page 437 8-bit American

SB

BG8PC437S

IBM-PC Code Page 437 8-bit (Bulgarian Modification)

SB

EL8PC437S

IBM-PC Code Page 437 8-bit (Greek modification)

SB

LT8PC772

IBM-PC Code Page 772 8-bit Lithuanian (Latin/Cyrillic)

SB

LT8PC774

IBM-PC Code Page 774 8-bit Lithuanian (Latin)

SB

BLT8PC775

IBM-PC Code Page 775 8-bit Baltic

SB

WE8PC850

IBM-PC Code Page 850 8-bit West European

SB

EL8PC851

IBM-PC Code Page 851 8-bit Greek/Latin

SB

EE8PC852

IBM-PC Code Page 852 8-bit East European

SB

RU8PC855

IBM-PC Code Page 855 8-bit Latin/Cyrillic

SB

WE8PC858

IBM-PC Code Page 858 8-bit West European

SB, EURO

WE8PC860

IBM-PC Code Page 860 8-bit West European

SB

IS8PC861

IBM-PC Code Page 861 8-bit Icelandic

SB

CDN8PC863

IBM-PC Code Page 863 8-bit Canadian French

SB

N8PC865

IBM-PC Code Page 865 8-bit Norwegian

SB

RU8PC866

IBM-PC Code Page 866 8-bit Latin/Cyrillic

SB

EL8PC869

IBM-PC Code Page 869 8-bit Greek/Latin

SB

LV8PC1117

IBM-PC Code Page 1117 8-bit Latvian

SB

WE8ISO8859P1

ISO 8859-1 West European

SB

EE8ISO8859P2

ISO 8859-2 East European

SB

SE8ISO8859P3

ISO 8859-3 South European

SB

NEE8ISO8859P4

ISO 8859-4 North and North-East European

SB

CL8ISO8859P5

ISO 8859-5 Latin/Cyrillic

SB

AR8ISO8859P6

ISO 8859-6 Latin/Arabic

SB

EL8ISO8859P7

ISO 8859-7 Latin/Greek

SB

IW8ISO8859P8

ISO 8859-8 Latin/Hebrew

SB

NE8ISO8859P10

ISO 8859-10 North European

SB

WE8ISO8859P15

ISO 8859-15 West European

SB, EURO

LA8ISO6937

ISO 6937 8-bit Coded Character Set for Text Communication

SB

AR8ARABICMACS

Mac Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic

SB

EE8MACCES

Mac Server 8-bit Central European

SB

EE8MACCROATIANS

Mac Server 8-bit Croatian

SB

WE8MACROMAN8S

Mac Server 8-bit Extended Roman8 West European

SB

CL8MACCYRILLICS

Mac Server 8-bit Latin/Cyrillic

SB

EL8MACGREEKS

Mac Server 8-bit Greek

SB

BG8MSWIN

MS Windows 8-bit Bulgarian Cyrillic

SB

LT8MSWIN921

MS Windows Code Page 921 8-bit Lithuanian

SB

ET8MSWIN923

MS Windows Code Page 923 8-bit Estonian

SB

EE8MSWIN1250

MS Windows Code Page 1250 8-bit East European

SB, EURO

CL8MSWIN1251

MS Windows Code Page 1251 8-bit Latin/Cyrillic

SB, EURO

WE8MSWIN1252

MS Windows Code Page 1252 8-bit West European

SB, EURO

EL8MSWIN1253

MS Windows Code Page 1253 8-bit Latin/Greek

SB, EURO

BLT8MSWIN1257

MS Windows Code Page 1257 8-bit Baltic

SB, EURO

BLT8CP921

Latvian Standard LVS8-92(1) Windows/Unix 8-bit Baltic

SB

LV8PC8LR

Latvian Version IBM-PC Code Page 866 8-bit Latin/Cyrillic

SB

WE8NCR4970

NCR 4970 8-bit West European

SB

WE8NEXTSTEP

NeXTSTEP PostScript 8-bit West European

SB

CL8KOI8R

RELCOM Internet Standard 8-bit Latin/Cyrillic

SB

UTF8

Unicode 3.0 UTF-8 Universal character set

MB, EURO

Character Set Value	Description	Comments
`US7ASCII`	ASCII 7-bit American	SB
`RU8BESTA`	BESTA 8-bit Latin/Cyrillic	SB
`TR8DEC`	DEC 8-bit Turkish	SB
`TR8PC857`	IBM-PC Code Page 857 8-bit Turkish	SB
`TR8MACTURKISHS`	MAC Server 8-bit Turkish	SB
`TR8MSWIN1254`	MS Windows Code Page 1254 8-bit Turkish	SB, EURO
`WE8DEC`	DEC 8-bit West European	SB
`WE8DG`	DG 8-bit West European	SB
`LA8PASSPORT`	German Government Printer 8-bit All-European Latin	SB
`WE8ROMAN8`	HP Roman8 8-bit West European	SB
`HU8CWI2`	Hungarian 8-bit CWI-2	SB
`HU8ABMOD`	Hungarian 8-bit Special AB Mod	SB
`LV8RST104090`	IBM-PC Alternative Code Page 8-bit Latvian (Latin/Cyrillic)	SB
`US8PC437`	IBM-PC Code Page 437 8-bit American	SB
`BG8PC437S`	IBM-PC Code Page 437 8-bit (Bulgarian Modification)	SB
`EL8PC437S`	IBM-PC Code Page 437 8-bit (Greek modification)	SB
`LT8PC772`	IBM-PC Code Page 772 8-bit Lithuanian (Latin/Cyrillic)	SB
`LT8PC774`	IBM-PC Code Page 774 8-bit Lithuanian (Latin)	SB
BLT8PC775	IBM-PC Code Page 775 8-bit Baltic	SB
WE8PC850	IBM-PC Code Page 850 8-bit West European	SB
EL8PC851	IBM-PC Code Page 851 8-bit Greek/Latin	SB
EE8PC852	IBM-PC Code Page 852 8-bit East European	SB
RU8PC855	IBM-PC Code Page 855 8-bit Latin/Cyrillic	SB
WE8PC858	IBM-PC Code Page 858 8-bit West European	SB, EURO
WE8PC860	IBM-PC Code Page 860 8-bit West European	SB
IS8PC861	IBM-PC Code Page 861 8-bit Icelandic	SB
CDN8PC863	IBM-PC Code Page 863 8-bit Canadian French	SB
N8PC865	IBM-PC Code Page 865 8-bit Norwegian	SB
RU8PC866	IBM-PC Code Page 866 8-bit Latin/Cyrillic	SB
EL8PC869	IBM-PC Code Page 869 8-bit Greek/Latin	SB
LV8PC1117	IBM-PC Code Page 1117 8-bit Latvian	SB
WE8ISO8859P1	ISO 8859-1 West European	SB
EE8ISO8859P2	ISO 8859-2 East European	SB
SE8ISO8859P3	ISO 8859-3 South European	SB
NEE8ISO8859P4	ISO 8859-4 North and North-East European	SB
CL8ISO8859P5	ISO 8859-5 Latin/Cyrillic	SB
AR8ISO8859P6	ISO 8859-6 Latin/Arabic	SB
EL8ISO8859P7	ISO 8859-7 Latin/Greek	SB
IW8ISO8859P8	ISO 8859-8 Latin/Hebrew	SB
NE8ISO8859P10	ISO 8859-10 North European	SB
WE8ISO8859P15	ISO 8859-15 West European	SB, EURO
LA8ISO6937	ISO 6937 8-bit Coded Character Set for Text Communication	SB
AR8ARABICMACS	Mac Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic	SB
EE8MACCES	Mac Server 8-bit Central European	SB
EE8MACCROATIANS	Mac Server 8-bit Croatian	SB
WE8MACROMAN8S	Mac Server 8-bit Extended Roman8 West European	SB
CL8MACCYRILLICS	Mac Server 8-bit Latin/Cyrillic	SB
EL8MACGREEKS	Mac Server 8-bit Greek	SB
BG8MSWIN	MS Windows 8-bit Bulgarian Cyrillic	SB
LT8MSWIN921	MS Windows Code Page 921 8-bit Lithuanian	SB
ET8MSWIN923	MS Windows Code Page 923 8-bit Estonian	SB
EE8MSWIN1250	MS Windows Code Page 1250 8-bit East European	SB, EURO
CL8MSWIN1251	MS Windows Code Page 1251 8-bit Latin/Cyrillic	SB, EURO
WE8MSWIN1252	MS Windows Code Page 1252 8-bit West European	SB, EURO
EL8MSWIN1253	MS Windows Code Page 1253 8-bit Latin/Greek	SB, EURO
BLT8MSWIN1257	MS Windows Code Page 1257 8-bit Baltic	SB, EURO
BLT8CP921	Latvian Standard LVS8-92(1) Windows/Unix 8-bit Baltic	SB
LV8PC8LR	Latvian Version IBM-PC Code Page 866 8-bit Latin/Cyrillic	SB
WE8NCR4970	NCR 4970 8-bit West European	SB
WE8NEXTSTEP	NeXTSTEP PostScript 8-bit West European	SB
CL8KOI8R	RELCOM Internet Standard 8-bit Latin/Cyrillic	SB
UTF8	Unicode 3.0 UTF-8 Universal character set	MB, EURO

Middle Eastern language character sets

The following table identifies the available character sets that support Middle Eastern languages.

Character Set Value

Description

Comments

AR8APTEC715

APTEC 715 Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic

SB

AR8ASMO708PLUS

ASMO 708 Plus 8-bit Latin/Arabic

SB

AR8ASMO8X

ASMO Extended 708 8-bit Latin/Arabic

SB

AR8ADOS710

Arabic MS-DOS 710 Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic

SB

AR8ADOS720

Arabic MS-DOS 720 Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic

SB

TR8PC857

IBM-PC Code Page 857 8-bit Turkish

SB

IW8PC1507

IBM-PC Code Page 1507/862 8-bit Latin/Hebrew

SB

AR8ISO8859P6

ISO 8859-6 Latin/Arabic

SB

IW8ISO8859P8

ISO 8859-8 Latin/Hebrew

SB

WE8ISO8859P9

ISO 8859-9 West European & Turkish

SB

LA8ISO6937

ISO 6937 8-bit Coded Character Set for Text Communication

SB

IW8MACHEBREWS

Mac Server 8-bit Hebrew

SB

AR8ARABICMACS

Mac Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic

SB

TR8MACTURKISHS

Mac Server 8-bit Turkish

SB

TR8MSWIN1254

MS Windows Code Page 1254 8-bit Turkish

SB, EURO

IW8MSWIN1255

MS Windows Code Page 1255 8-bit Latin/Hebrew

SB, EURO

AR8MSWIN1256

MS Windows Code Page 1256 8-Bit Latin/Arabic

SB, EURO

AR8MUSSAD768

Mussa'd Alarabi/2 768 Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic

SB

AR8NAFITHA711

Nafitha Enhanced 711 Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic

SB

AR8NAFITHA721

Nafitha International 721 Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic

SB

AR8SAKHR706

SAKHR 706 Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic

SB

AR8SAKHR707

SAKHR 707 Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic

SB

UTF8

Unicode 3.0 UTF-8 Universal character set

MB, EURO

EURO	Supports the Euro currency symbol
MB	Multi-byte encoding
SB	Single-byte encoding
UDC	Supports user-defined characters

Character Set Value	Description	Comments
AR8APTEC715	APTEC 715 Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic	SB
AR8ASMO708PLUS	ASMO 708 Plus 8-bit Latin/Arabic	SB
AR8ASMO8X	ASMO Extended 708 8-bit Latin/Arabic	SB
AR8ADOS710	Arabic MS-DOS 710 Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic	SB
AR8ADOS720	Arabic MS-DOS 720 Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic	SB
TR8PC857	IBM-PC Code Page 857 8-bit Turkish	SB
IW8PC1507	IBM-PC Code Page 1507/862 8-bit Latin/Hebrew	SB
AR8ISO8859P6	ISO 8859-6 Latin/Arabic	SB
IW8ISO8859P8	ISO 8859-8 Latin/Hebrew	SB
WE8ISO8859P9	ISO 8859-9 West European & Turkish	SB
LA8ISO6937	ISO 6937 8-bit Coded Character Set for Text Communication	SB
IW8MACHEBREWS	Mac Server 8-bit Hebrew	SB
AR8ARABICMACS	Mac Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic	SB
TR8MACTURKISHS	Mac Server 8-bit Turkish	SB
TR8MSWIN1254	MS Windows Code Page 1254 8-bit Turkish	SB, EURO
IW8MSWIN1255	MS Windows Code Page 1255 8-bit Latin/Hebrew	SB, EURO
AR8MSWIN1256	MS Windows Code Page 1256 8-Bit Latin/Arabic	SB, EURO
AR8MUSSAD768	Mussa'd Alarabi/2 768 Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic	SB
AR8NAFITHA711	Nafitha Enhanced 711 Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic	SB
AR8NAFITHA721	Nafitha International 721 Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic	SB
AR8SAKHR706	SAKHR 706 Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic	SB
AR8SAKHR707	SAKHR 707 Server 8-bit Latin/Arabic	SB
UTF8	Unicode 3.0 UTF-8 Universal character set	MB, EURO